Progress in diagnosis and treatment of massive rotator cuff tears / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Treatment of massive rotator cuff tears is a challenge for orthopaedists, due to tendon retraction after the tear, it is difficult to completely repair the surgical treatment and the torn rotator cuff will be nonunion and retear after repair. With development of medical technology and improvement of surgical skill, the clinical efficacy of massive rotator cuff tears is also improving. Now there are lots of methods to treat massive rotator cuff including conservative treatment, rotator cuff repair, tendon transfer procedures, reverse shoulder arthroplasty and so on, the therapeutic effectsare also different. The article reviews the current progress of various treatment of massive rotator cuff tears in order to improve the therapeutic outcomes and get much better function recovery of shoulder.